From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Jan 12 23:33:50 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA12125 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 23:33:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles341.castles.com [208.214.167.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA12104 for ; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 23:33:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA00870; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 23:30:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199901130730.XAA00870@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Drew Baxter cc: Mark Kobussen , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Car Mp3 Player In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 12 Jan 1999 18:26:54 EST." <4.1.19990112182143.00c9e470@genesis.ispace.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 23:30:05 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Something that could be interfaced with a car would be cool, definitely. > Although a touchscreen LCD in the 'oversize' compartment would probably > work.. Namely the place where they put the stock stereo, and the little > compartment below it (Although some vehicles lack that). They aren't > really cheap though. Surprised you can get a Color LCD for 99 bucks. If it's the one I'm thinking of, it only takes NTSC input and requires a (complex, not-supplied) power supply. A *very* poor choice for the job. I'd recommend gutting a Libretto and using that as the core of such a system - it has reasonable audio hardware, plenty of CPU, and a nice screen and power supply already. If someone has an L50 they want to sell cheap... 8) -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message